If I decide to leave a company in which I have partially vested stock options, would it be okay to ask my employer (or anyone else in my company) if they would be interested in buying the options off of me at the current valuation (EG, last amount of money raised)? Is something like this common, or would I get laughed out of the room?
Similarly, how liquid are markets like Second Market in terms of liquidating option value at a startup that's raised multiple rounds of funding but has yet to exit or IPO? Are there angels (or networks of angels) that buy small amounts of pre-exit equity?
Similarly, how liquid are markets like Second Market in terms of liquidating option value at a startup that's raised multiple rounds of funding but has yet to exit or IPO? Are there angels (or networks of angels) that buy small amounts of pre-exit equity?